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13 June 1931 (USA)
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A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Bebe Daniels | ... | Ruth Wonderly |
 | Ricardo Cortez | ... | Sam Spade |
| Dudley Digges | ... | Casper Gutman |
| Una Merkel | ... | Effie Perine |
| Robert Elliott | ... | Detective Lt. Dundy |
| Thelma Todd | ... | Iva Archer |
| Otto Matieson | ... | Dr. Joel Cairo |
| Walter Long | ... | Miles Archer |
 | Dwight Frye | ... | Wilmer Cook |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | ... | Det. Sgt. Tom Polhouse |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Agostino Borgato | ... | Capt. John Jacobi (uncredited) |
| Tiny Jones | ... | Jailbird Seeking Cigarette (uncredited) |
| Cliff Saum | ... | Baggage Clerk (uncredited) |
| Morgan Wallace | ... | District Attorney (uncredited) |
| Lucille Ward | ... | Sarah - Prison Matron (uncredited) |
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| Roy Del Ruth | |||
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| Dashiell Hammett | (based on the novel by) | |
| Maude Fulton | (screenplay) & | |
| Brown Holmes | (screenplay) | |
| Lucien Hubbard | uncredited | |
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| William Rees | (photography by) | ||
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| George Marks | (edited by) | ||
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| Robert M. Haas | (as Robert Haas) | ||
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Palmer Belmont | .... | assistant camera (uncredited) | |
| Harry Davis | .... | second camera (uncredited) | |
| Mac Julian | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
| Frederick E. West | .... | assistant camera (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Earl Luick | .... | wardrobe | |
| Eugene Joseff | .... | costume jeweller (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Leo F. Forbstein | .... | conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra | |
Production Companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
- Vitaphone Corporation, The (presents)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1931) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
- Vitaphone Orchestra music
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"Dangerous Female" - USA (TV title)
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80 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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When originally sold to television in the 1950's, the title was changed to 'Dangerous Female', in order to avoid confusion with its illustrious remake. After more than fifty years, Turner Classic Movies has finally restored its original title card.See more »
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Continuity: In the second-to-last scene, as Spade identifies killers to the police, his robe goes from being relatively neat to sloppy.See more »
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Referenced in "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man: Noir Gang (#3.1)" (1996)See more »
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Discovered this original film of "The Maltese Falcon" 1931 and was amazed how this version of the story was produced. The film stayed pretty close to the Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greestreet and Peter Lorre theme. However, Ricardo Cortez (Sam Spade) and Bebe Daniels(Ruth Wonderly) acted completely different and the cheating of money from an envelope, caused a gal to have to take all her clothes off, in order to find out where she might have hid the money. Just mentioning the word take your clothes off in those days was probably horrible in a film during the 1930's. The ending of the picture was completely different, and the gal in question was treated with kid gloves. I always felt the Bogart Maltese Falcon could have done away with Mary Astor, the gals in this picture were more sexy and attractive that the 40's version.